By Adam R. Young, A. Scott Hecker, Patrick D. Joyce, James L. Curtis, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA requires employers to upload certain information to its Injury Tracking Application (ITA) each year by March 2. This year, OSHA is transitioning employer login information from individual accounts to “login.gov” and all employers must connect their
Continue Reading Employers Must Update Injury Tracking Application (ITA) Account and Submit OSHA Form 300A Summaries Through Login.govBy Mark A. Lies, II and Adam R. Young
Seyfarth Synop
sis: New OSHA final rule requires employer to submit data electronically, to be posted on the OSHA website.
On May 12, 2016 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published the final rules requiring employers to submit injury and illness data electronically. 81 Fed. Reg. 29624.
By James L. Curtis, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: An alcohol induced accident involving an intoxicated employee can be an OSHA recordable incident.
OSHA recently opined in an Interpretation Letter that, where an employee sustained an injury at work but the employee was found to be intoxicated from alcohol through a post-injury drug
Continue Reading OSHA – Injury to Intoxicated Employee is Recordable
By James L. Curtis, Benjamin D. Briggs, and Craig B. Simonsen
Beginning January 1, 2015, OSHA changed its injury reporting rules to require employees to report to OSHA certain severe injuries and employee hospitalization within 24 hours. We have previously blogged about that change in “OSHA Recordkeeping: Civil and Criminal Liabilities in 2015” and “OSHA
Continue Reading OSHA Publishes Evaluation of Severe Injury Reporting Program
By Mark A. Lies, II and Ilana R. Morady
As many employers know, California frequently does things a little differently than other jurisdictions. Cal/OSHA is no exception.
When it comes to injury/illness reporting, Cal/OSHA (a.k.a. “the Division”) requires “any serious injury or illness, or death” to be reported within 8 hours to the nearest District Office. Serious injury or illness
Continue Reading Cal/OSHA District Offices Taking Expansive View of Injury/Illness Reporting Requirements
By Brent I. Clark, Meagan Newman, and Anne D. Harris
On January 15, 2014, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched a new online resource dedicated to worker safety in hospitals.
The new website contains educational materials relating to prevention of employee injuries, workplace safety assessments, safe patient handling programs, and safety and health management
Continue Reading OSHA Launches Online Resource for Hospitals
By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen
In what appears to be part of OSHA’s ongoing campaign to prevent fall accidents and injuries, OSHA’s Region V announced earlier this year a Local Emphasis Program to address Fall Hazards in General Industry and Construction.
The Emphasis Programs provides the “basis for scheduling and conducting safety inspections of construction and
Continue Reading OSHA Emphasis Program For Fall Hazards in Construction and General Industry
By Mark A. Lies, II, Kerry M. Mohan, and Craig B. Simonsen
A former safety manager at a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Nuclear Site was sentenced to 78 months in prison for major fraud.
The safety manager had allegedly hidden over 80 injuries to obtain over $2.5 million in safety bonuses. He was convicted at trial in November 2012,
Continue Reading False Injury Logs Can Do More Than Lead to OSHA Citations: Safety Manager Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Major Fraud